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Language and our thought-grooves are inextricably interwoven, are, in a sense, one and… — Edward Sapir

Language and our thought-grooves are inextricably interwoven, are, in a sense, one and the same.

Edward Sapir
1921
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1921
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Edward Sapir
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Sapir, Edward. Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech. Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1921, ch. 10.

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